The Ukrainian team lost to Kazakhstan in the fourth round of the home world hockey championship and flew out of the first division.

Ukrainian hockey players failed the first period, conceding two goals, but in the second segment of the game the owners of the "Palace of Sports" managed to equalize the score. However, all decided the third period, in which the national team of Kazakhstan having scored two more goals.

Kazakhstan - Ukraine - 4: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0) Washers: 3 Daus - 1: 0, 19 Sen-Pierre - 2: 0, 34 Nimenko - 2: 1, 35 Babinets - 2: 2, 41 Mihailis - 3: 2, 57 Bochenski - 4: 2.

Recall that in the tournament involved 6 teams, 2 of which in the next year will play in the elite division at the 2018 World Cup in Denmark. April 28 wards Savitsky finish the tournament match against South Korea.

Earlier, the Ukrainian team lost to the teams of Hungary, Poland and Austria.